AASD and DSD eList announcement

Date: Feb. 4, 2025
To: People who receive personal care assistance (PCA), Consumer Support Grant (CSG) and Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) services, families, providers, lead agencies and other interested parties
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services and Disability Services divisions
Purpose: To provide an update on CFSS implementation
Contact: DSD Contact Form

CFSS implementation updates

DHS began the transition from PCA and CSG to CFSS on Oct. 1, 2024. We will provide regular updates early in the transition.

Forms and documents

DHS updated CFSS Assessment, DHS-6893A with the following changes:

· Added fields for the start and end date of the service agreement (SA).

· Added fields to enter information about the person’s consultation services provider if they selected one.

· Fixed an error preventing some assessors from saving and/or printing information in the “other comments about this referral” field.

· Added MMIS entry instructions to the behaviors section.

· Added a general comments field to the behaviors section.

DHS updated Instructions for CFSS Assessment, DHS-6893A to reflect the updates to the form.

For a list of all forms and documents currently available, refer to CFSS Manual – Forms and documents.

MMIS system updates

DHS continues to extend three-month PCA SAs to six months, as described in the Nov. 26, 2024, eList announcement. DHS has completed all SAs that previously ended Jan. 31, 2025. If a county, tribal nation or provider identifies an SA ending before Jan. 31, 2025, that DHS has not updated, they must submit a request to DHS to update it using PCA Request Form, DHS-4292 (counties/tribal nations) or PCA Technical Change Request, DHS-4074A (providers).

DHS continues to test and fix bugs in MMIS. Counties and tribal nations can use Service Agreement and Screening Document (SASD) Support Team Portal, DHS 3754 to report issues to DHS.

Training

DHS updated Self-paced online course: CFSS MMIS Updates Training to clarify how counties and tribal nations update service agreement dates and amounts when needed.

Resources

DHS updated:

· DHS – FMS provider information.

· DHS – CFSS and lead agencies FAQs.

Previous eList announcements

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